Where does “virgács” come from?

virgács (Hungarian) comes from Latin virgas, from Latin virga, from Proto-Italic wizgā, from Proto-Indo-European wisgeh₂ — flexible rod or stick.

virgács (Hungarian): rod, birch; birching, flogging; female legs

Definitions

  1. rod, birch; birching, flogging; female legs

Ancestry of “virgács”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvirgasaccusative plural of virga
2Latinvirgatwig, young shoot; rod, switch for flogging;...
3Proto-Italicwizgā—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwisgeh₂flexible rod or stick

Words derived from “virgács”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wisgeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic wizgā →Every word from Latin virga →